All IMS sub-systems are composed of several individual IMS components. They can be connected to any programmable logic controller by means of standard connectors. Before IMS sub-systems are connected in larger installations, the requisite knowledge and skills should be learned with the aid of multi-media UniTrain-I courses.

IMS sub-systems with Siemens S7 and experiment manuals: it is of course also possible to follow the conventional route and connect a sub-system to an industrial-type programmable logic controller and put it into operation.